Jamie McAllister was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Medicine from the University of Maryland, Baltimore in May 2010. The title of Jamie’s doctoral thesis was “Fire Victim Blood Cyanide Stability and the Development of a Cyanide Uptake Model.” Her Ph.D. studies focused on the effects of carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide on fire victims. Specifically, she studied the stability of cyanide in post-mortem specimens from fire victims and developed a cyanide uptake model for use as a secondary tool in fire origin and cause determinations. Congratulations to Jamie for her completion of the program.